In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Buck

The following is the opinion of the surrogate:

Patterson, S.:

The account of Francis D. Buck, as executor and trustee of the will of Fanny T. Hurlbut, deceased, as prepared by his executrix, Clara M. Buck, is before the court for judicial settlement.

There being infants to the proceeding, a special guardian was appointed to represent them. He has raised certain objections to the account, as filed. The others having been satisfactorily explained by the accounting party, there remains for disposition but one, namely, the item set forth in Schedule 0-2, whereby the executor seeks to credit himself…